A Week Late!

My card for my Dad for Fathers Day was a week late as they were visiting my brother and his kids for the weekend. Good job really as I was actually late in making the card! So here it is!

I've used some random card from my stash for the panel and I think some Bazzill cardstock for the base.  The image is from Dustin Pike (was in the mega deal from a few months ago) and I've coloured it with Promarkers plus glossy accents for the eyes.

I've handwritten the sentiment, added faux stitching around the edge of the image, made some fake brads with a Sharpie marker and glossy accents (quick and not in the least bit messy!) and finally used some garden twine for a bloke touch!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Dustin Pike:  All Tied Up
Critter Sketch:  Sketch Used
Dream Valley Challenges:  Things With Wings
Robyns Fetish:  No Flowers
Dilly Beans:  Dots

• Image:  Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers:  From my stash
• Sentiment:  Handwritten
• Everything else:  My stash

#1 Dad

It's my Dad's birthday tomorrow and although I've had plenty of notice (it falls on the same day each year), I'd still managed to forget to make a card!  However, I bought a huge (3,000) amount of digi's in Dustin Pikes recent Blogversary sale and I came across this image within the files so I decided to use it.

I've used my brand new circle Nesties to cut the shape (no more wonky circles for me now!) and I've used the fab Echo Park Mr Campy digi paper pack for the papers. The sentiment is a magazine freebie from ages ago from Ladybug Crafts Ink.  Image coloured with Promarkers.

Just have to remember to take the card with me now when we go over to see them tomorrow!  Won't be the first time I've left something at home and had to post it!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Pikes Playground:  Great Outdoors
Card Positioning Systems:  Sketch Followed
My Mums Craft Shop:  The Great Outdoors
Ladybug Crafts Ink:  Birthday

• Image:  Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers:  Echo Park, Mr Campy
• Dies:  Spellbinder Nestabilities
• Sentiment:  Magazine freebie

Monster Birthday

I do like bargains and sales. And I especially enjoyed buying around 3,000 Dustin Pike images for $20 (just over £13) at the weekend. And here is one cutie who was in the haul!

I've coloured him with Promarkers and added glossy accents to his eyes (you can't really see as it was rather early this morning when I took the photo!) and added his balloon to a length of wire that I had wrapped around a pencil and it boings around quite a bit!


The monster is the front of the card, and the patterned paper you see behind is the inside of the card.

I've printed quite a few of the images off from the sale, so watch out for those in the future!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Doodle Dragon Studios: Make Us Laugh
Desert Island Crafters: My 3 items are: Metalware (wire), No Flowers, Rounded Corners
Creative Belli: Children
Inky Impressions: Birthday
My Craft Spot: Make It Pop
Ooh La La Creations: Bold and Bright
Pollycraft Challenges: Cute Critters

• Image: Doodle Dragon Studios, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Funky Hand (download no longer available)
• Wire: My stash

Free Snow!

A quick card I threw together! Papers from Cosmo Cricket - Circa 1934 digi paper pack which have been inked and a faux stitched line drawn around the edge and I think these are my favourite papers at the moment - just love the reds and they do look Christmassy although they aren't! I've not had these papers long - around a month but they are lovely!

The buttons are from my stash which I've had for ages (that long one of the buttons was a bit broken!) along with the embroidery thread and the image is a Dustin Pike digi that I've coloured with Promarkers. And I've handwritten the sentiment.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments: Anything Goes
Sunday Sketch and Stamp: Sketch followed
Craft Us Crazy: Christmas and Funny
Sarah Hurley Challenges: Colouring
Crafts and Me Challenges: Christmas
Digi Stamps 4 Joy: Something Old (buttons) Something New (papers)

• Papers: Cosmo Cricket - Circa 1934 digi paper pack
• Image: Dustin Pike (handwritten sentiment), coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Too Many Mince Pies

I do like this image from Dustin Pike! I got it as part of the July Bundle of Christmas images and I think I got around 100 images too so I have a fair few left to work my way through! It's been coloured with Promarkers and I've added glitter glue to his suit fur.

The spotty paper is from Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 2 printed A5 size. I discovered I had some small Cuttlebug embossing folders when looking for the Quickutz fairy lights die, so I embossed a bit of acetate I had left on the table from my previous post. I never know how to stick acetate down without the gunk showing through, so I used glossy accents and its worked!

I've added a string of fairy lights with a Quickutz die and a hand drawn line plus the sentiment was hand written too. This is a card towards the order I have and it will be going to one of those tricky males!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Sketch and Stash: Sketch followed
Doodle Dragon Studios: Make Us Laugh
One Stitch at a Time: Use a Digi
Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge: For A Male
Mark's Finest Papers: Polkadots

• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Dies: Cuttlebug embossing folder; Quickutz fairy lights die
  
• Papers: Polkadoodles Paper Boutique Vol 2
• Sentiment: Handwritten
• Everything else: My stash
  

Stars and Stripes

I've made this card with a specific person in mind who has been very poorly and his Mum is on the Polkadoodle Design Team, and it will be on its way to Belgium soon! It's for the Dustin Pike challenge which asks for

Stars and Stripes

Papers are from my stash box (stars is from Polkadoodle and stripes from Funky Hand) and the image, of course, is from Dustin Pike. Its been coloured with Promarkers and cut out with one of my Nesties.

And I've found some nice bright yellow embroidery thread which has been threaded through two eyelets and tied in a bow. Card candy from my stash.

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Sweet Stop Sketches: Sketch followed
Kelley Kid's Challenge: For Someone Special
Die Cutting Diva's: Zoo Crazy (does a dragon qualify?!)
Forever Friends: Use Your Dies plus Animal

• Papers: Funky Hand and Polkadoodles
• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Candy Cane

I know, two Christmas cards in one day! I think I can get away with it as I didn't blog yesterday or Thursday - decided to have two evenings not crafting and I got major Christmas withdrawal symptoms! Plus I'm working on samples for Funky Hand - the new cd is due out very very soon and its such a wonderful cd that I can't help but use the papers, digi images and templates!

Anyway, this card is for the Dustin Pike challenge which is Yummy, Yummy in my Tummy! I think I may be sliding my the seat of my pants here as I've used a candy cane! The image is from the Christmas set that I bought a while ago - I'm still finding images that I've not noticed before as there are that many in the set!

I've used a Nesties to cut the shape after I'd coloured the image with Promarkers. I've dotted a blue gel pen line around the edge of the shape as I didn't fancy inking it.

The top paper is an offcut I found in my rather overflowing box of bits and the patterned paper is from an old Dovecraft Ho Ho Ho 8x8 paper stack. I found a small length of red ribbon in my stash (I really need to get some more grosgrain red!) and I've added some string that I found which originally came from the scrap store - making a double bow for extra interest.

I followed the Tuesday Morning Sketches for inspiration and I've added a faux stitched line around the edge plus three gems from my stash.

Can't promise that my next post will not be Christmas related.....!!

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge: No Sentiment
Fun With Shapes and More: Anything Goes
ABC Christmas: R for Recycling, Ribbons and Rhinestones (the string is from the scrap store - reused and saved from unnecessary landfill site)
For Fun Challenges: Christmas in August

• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: From my stash and Dovecraft Ho Ho Ho 8x8 paper stack
• Everything else: My stash
  

More Pink Christmas!

Well, I just had to! I still had some of the spotty paper left over from my last card so it saved me from tidying it up! This is for the Doodle Dragon Studio challenge which is:

Girl Power

And I think this one is! The image, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue (not dry when I took the photo!) is from the bundle Christmas download.

The spotty paper is from the Rainbow Polkadots download from Funky Hand and the very pale pink glitter card is from my stash and I've had it for years (I even remember buying it!) and the pink thick angel hair is a generous donation from Lynsey!

The tinsel like cord is from my stash, along with the brads and the pearlescent star table confetti. I've used the sketch from Everybody Art challenge and would also like to enter it into the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft Room: Soft and Sweet
Gingerloft: Make it Sparkle
Mark's Finest Papers: Anything but Ribbon
Totally Gorjuss: Christmas in July

• Spotty Paper: Rainbow Polkadots download from Funky Hand
• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash or donations!
  

First Christmas

I took advantage of the 90 digi images offer from Dustin Pike earlier in the week - 90 black and white images for $10 - bargain! And they were all Christmas themed but some could be used for other occasions. The current Dustin Pike challenge is:

Animals Rule

And here is one of the images from the set but made into two cards. I decided that I haven't got any special baby Christmas cards yet, so here are two!

Both use the bear and gift image and I've coloured them with Promarkers. The gift bow has had the glossy accents treatment although its not shown too well on the photos. All the papers are from my scrap box and I've doodled silver lines and dots around the edges.

Fluffy silver string is from my stash along with the confetti snowflakes and stars. Sentiments have been computer generated. I've followed the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch as I was wondering how I'd add all the elements together for the cards!

My cards fit the following challenges:

World Play Weekend: Wild Animals
Stampin' For The Weekend: Paws For Thought (4 legs)
I Love Promarkers: Christmas In July
Sweet Stamps: Winter Blues

• Images: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: All from my offcuts box
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Everything else: My stash
  

Red, White and Blue (and Yellow!)

I think I got a little carried away with all the stars on this! The image is from Dustin Pike and is for the current challenge which is:

Red, White and Blue

I've coloured the image with Promarkers and used a very generous clear out donation from Lynsey for the thin mulberry type red and blue papers. The buttons are from my stash and I've added Divine Twine from the Ribbon Girl to the centres. The larger stars have been cut with a Cuttlebug die and the tiny ones are a punch, again from Lynsey.

I've added a faux running stitch around the edge of the card and the sentiment is computer generated and I've used some Safmat from Letraset which, despite looking daunting to use on the packet was really simple! I've followed the current sketch from Digi Doodles Shop's Best:

And if you've not already popped over to the Fetch A Sketch pre launch party - please do so but be quick as it ends on Sunday 26 June! Some candy on offer to two lucky commenters plus some extra prizes along the way! The Fetch A Sketch challenges launch on Monday 27 June at 9am!

This card also qualifies for the following challenges:

Off The Wall Craftiness: Red, White and Blue - Inspirational Photo (below)


Cooking It Up With Katie: Use a current sketch, for a Birthday and add Yellow
Stamp Something: July 4th Colour
Craft Us Crazy: Red, White and Blue
Paper Play: Stars and Stripes
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge: Red, White and Blue

• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Thin mulberry - donation from Lynsey
• Dies: Cuttlebug
• Divine Twine: The Ribbon Girl
• Everything else: My stash
  

Blue Snowboy

Just when you thought it was safe as I'd not blogged a Christmas related item for a few days!! I just can't keep away, plus I need to make at least 12 cards a month to reach my target and I am determined I am going to do it!

I've used papers from Paper Boutique Vol 2 - Creative Christmas from Polkadoodles, added a dotted line around the edge of the paper with liquid pearls, a faux running stitch with a silver gel pen around the edge of the card and also just inside the liquid pearls. I've used my Nesties for the shaping and again added liquid pearls and a silver running stitch.


The image is an old one from Dustin Pike and I've coloured it with Promarkers plus glossy accents on the buttons of coal and top hat. The ribbon is from my stash along with the silver snowflakd (Matalan Christmas decoration) and the looks-great-and-a-good-idea-to-use pearlescent icicles are also a previous Christmas decoration. They are a right faff to get to stick as they want to twist but I think I eventually managed it!

I've used the sketch from The Sweet Stop for inspiration:

And the card fits the following challenges too:

Dustin Pike's Challenge: It's A Boy Thing
Jingle Belles Rock Challenge: Let It Sew
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge: Wintertime Blues
Sparkles Christmas Challenge: Snowmen

• Papers: Paper Boutique Vol 2 from Polkadoodles
• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

All Green

We're back from our holidays (photos to follow!) and I'm just about in time for Dustin Pikes Playground Challenge which is:

Shades of Green

At the last moment I decided to pack my Promarkers and some images to colour - just in case - and I'm glad I did as I coloured this image so it ended up being a quick make card!

All papers with exception to the one the image and sentiment are layered on are from Funky Hand - Funky Daze cd (which is a bargain at £7.99!) the other papers are from the Rainbow Polkadot download.

The sentiment stamp is a freebie that I got ages ago. The little hammer brad is from Woodware which I've had for some time but not yet used. Some faux stitching, inking around the edges and the card is complete!

It also fits the following challenges:

2 Sisters: Anything Goes
Craft Your Days Away: Father's Day / Special Day
Easy Craft Projects: For Dad
Charisma Cardz: For a Male
Do You Stack Up Challenge: Animals

• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Funky Daze and Rainbow Polkadots from Funky Hand
• Brad: Woodware
• Sentiment: Freebie stamp
  

Dragon Racing

The challenge this week on Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon studios is to use the freebie image posted a few weeks ago. How lovely and easy!!

So here is Dudley and his power wheels! I've coloured him with Promarkers and I've used some thick white card (same as the card stock) to print on and the colours slightly bleed a little, which, I do actually quite like!

The papers are from Polkadoodles Sundae of Seasons cd and I've done a bit of doodling around the edges. The buttons are from my stash and I no matter how hard I tried I could not thread the string through the holes of the green buttons, so the bow is glued on - cheating, I know!

Dustin has a special digi freebie set on offer to raise a smile for a very good cause - click here for the post link. I've sent my card off to Dustin, and with a bit of luck it will get there pretty soon!

• Image: Dustin Pike freebie, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Polkadoodles, Sundae of Seasons cd
• Everything else: My stash
  

Funky Dino

Just a little simple card for the Passion for Promarkers challenge - its been a while since I last joined in but I found this cute dino when looking through all the digi images I had already printed. The theme for the challenge is:

Prehistoric

The image is Dustin Pike and I've coloured it with Promarkers. The tartan type paper is Polkadoodles and from Sundae of Seasons cd, the other two are Funky Hand and from Craft The Year Away cd.

I've inked the edges, cornered them and dotted a fine black line around the edges. The string and button are from my stash.

• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Sundae of Seasons cd from Polkadoodles and Craft The Year Away cd from Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash
  

Party On!

I seem to be chasing my tail again this week - really shouldn't be as I'm in the middle of a second 4 day weekend - but still the time rushes past! This card is for the Dustin Pike Challenge which is:

Party In Colours

Inspiration has been taken from his blog header and I've used an image that I think was a freebie from quite some time ago. Coloured with Promarkers plus added some glitter glue, glossy accents and liquid pearls to lift it a little.

The sentiment is computer generated. This is quite a large card - 15cm square as I wanted the image to fill all the space. I've used some standard red shiny card from my stash and the gingham is from Craft The Year Away cd from Funky Hand. Some tiny dots around the edge of the image and sentiment, and my card is done!

• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers, glitter glue, liquid pearls and glossy accents
• Papers: Craft The Year Away cd from Funky Hand
• Sentiment: Computer generated
  

Just Like Mummy!

I found myself a new challenge site whilst blog hopping! It is Crafty Sentiments, and the current challenge is:

Bookmarks

Jacob has rifled through my box of die cuts and also printed digi images to see what he can use himself as he's quite into making cards and generally making things. I'd been asked ages ago to make some Hello Kitty bookmarks and I had some die cuts so thought I'd get my act together and enter my bookmark for the challenge.
Paper is from my stash and I've shaped the edges and doodled a pink line around. Added some thin satin white ribbon through the eyelets and tied the top and bottom into a bow and added a silver Hello Kitty charm. Jacob also decided that he wanted to make some bookmarks and here they are! He's used two Dustin Pike images and coloured them with pencil crayons then I've also laminated them for him and cut them out.

I think he's done a pretty good job - not bad for a tired 5 year old!! He was really pleased with them when I showed him that I'd laminated them when he went to bed last night.

• Images: Dustin Pike, Hello Kitty die cut
• Papers: From my stash
• Everything else: My stash

Dino Sore

I'd been asked to make, at short notice, a card for one of my cousins to-be-nephews who has broken both wrists on the first day of his Easter school holidays! Eeekkkk! So in need of a sketch that would fit the image (Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers) I found the current Sweet Sketch Wednesday, and because I'd not managed a challenge for a while, I thought it a great way of combining the need for the card and the challenge!


All the papers are from Funky Hand - Spookie Dookie Halloween download (see how I'm trying to use up ALL the bits in my bits box?!) and I've simply inked the edges with black ink and doodled a fine black line around them too. String is from my stash.

So hope the poor lad likes his card and gets better soon!

• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Spookie Dookie download from Funky Hand
• String: My stash
  

Wobbly Football

I've made this card for the current Dustin Pike's challenge which is:

It's A Party - Birthday Cards

So here is one with an image that I've had lying around for ages which has just been begging to be coloured! So it has, with Promarkers and I've added the die cut football via a strip of acetate so it boings over the real one underneath. I had to use some blu-tac during the photo as the camera kept focusing on the boinging football!

I've stamped the sentiment and layered it and the image with black and turquoise card from my stash. The blue stripy one is from my box of bits and I think its from Kirsty Wiseman - Patti Picklicious cd. I've doodled a faux stitched line around the edges of the card and then added the card candy. It actually took me the best part of an hour to decide where to put everything on this card. Don't know why - it just did!

• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers
• Backing paper: Kirsty Wiseman, Patti Picklicious cd
• Sentiment: Stamped from my stash
• Everything else: My stash
  

Chocolate Carrot!

It's not every day you see cute bunnies carrying a chocolate carrot! The digi image is a freebie from Dustin Pike and the challenge this week is:

Anything But A Card with an Easter Theme

So here is my offering! I've coloured the image with Promarkers plus a little glitter glue on their powder puff tails and glossy accents on their noses.


They are attached to a gift pouch via a strip of acetate and I've added extra bits of card to the back of it to help it boing around a bit more! The gift pouch template I found on the Waltzing Mouse website and its a freebie download. I simply printed it out and then cut it out! Really quick to make and you can add extra features by using fancy scissors or adding ribbons etc.

Papers are from Funky Hand - Craft The Year Away and I've printed on both sides. A bit of inking and some brads from my stash and the pouch is finished!

And before you ask, yes, I still have all the eggs left and no, I won't be eating them as this is destined for a little boy who will be enjoying his first Easter!

• Image: Dustin Pike freebie, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Funky Hand, Craft The Year Away cd
• Template: Waltzing Mouse stamps
• Everything else: My stash
  

Another Bookmark!

Yes, another bookmark! Well, its easier and more economical to make more than one at a time! This one uses a Dustin Pike image, which I've coloured with Promarkers. I've used some new card that I bought a box full from The Papermill Shop - its 300gsm and is not a true bright white in colour but it has a slightly watercolour texture hence the lovely bleeding of colours!

It's for the Stamping Vacation challenge of:

When I Grow Up - Truck Driver

I've only coloured one side - and the Promarkers did not bleed through either (result!) and then laminated it for extra durability.

• Image: Dustin Pike, coloured with Promarkers